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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530812
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashrafy, Quamrul; Galorz, Oded - 2011
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009384831
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Reversal of Fortune : Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A. - 2003
to the geography view, societies that were relatively rich in 1500 should also be relatively rich today. In contrast, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123118
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Does economic diversification lead to financial development? : Evidence from topography
Ramcharan, Rodney - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003293110
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Does Economic Diversification Lead to Financial Development? : Evidence From topography
Ramcharan, Rodney - 2006
An influential theoretical literature has observed that economic diversification can reduce risk and increase financial … more productive but risky projects, thereby determining the degree of economic diversification. Thus, ordinary least … squares (OLS) estimates of the impact of economic diversification on financial development are likely to be biased. Motivated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399998
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Why should "geography" matter to public health managers?
Kelekar, Uma; Liu, Xiang - In: International journal of business performance management 14 (2013) 4, pp. 418-434
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Institutions or geography : which matters most for economic development?
Saha, Bibhas - In: Journal of interdisciplinary economics 25 (2013) 1/2, pp. 69-89
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Trade and geography
Redding, Stephen - 2020
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Multilevel geographies of poverty in India
Kim, Rockli; Mohanty, Sanjay; Subramanian, S. V. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 87 (2016), pp. 349-359
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Reexamining the determinants of fiscal decentralization : what is the role of geography?
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - In: Journal of economic geography 17 (2017) 6, pp. 1209-1249
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